Monthly Archive: Ottobre 2020

A J-10 fighter from the PLAAF crashed in Guilin on Sept. 4 and the HUD footage from the jet has been released on TV yesterday. The jet was flown by Wang Jiandong with 2,100 flying hours. The aircraft had a bird strike which took out the engine. Wang attempted to return the fighter, #635, back […]

In the government bill ‘Totalförsvaret 2021–2025’ (Total Defence 2021–2025), the Government is proposing a substantial increase of capabilities in both military and civilian defence.

The bill includes proposals on a new and expanded war organisation with reinforcements in all branches and functi…

Finland, Latvia and Patria Land Oy have signed a product development agreement on a common armoured vehicle system. The agreement is related to the Letter of Intent signed by the countries last spring.

The purpose of the product development agreement is to develop, in line with the common require…

Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, on October 8 launched the construction phase of the first of the six overseas patrol boats, during a ceremony marking the first metal cut for the ship at the Saint-Malo shipyard.

Led by the Directorate General of Armament (DGA), the Patrouilleur Outre…

MILAN — A Milan court convicted three former executives of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena at the end of a long-running false accounting case on Thursday, a result that could hinder Italy’s bid to re-privatise the world’s oldest bank.

Former Monte dei Paschi chairman Alessandro Profumo, former …